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Lifting up the voices of those most impacted by DACA
Conversations about policy should center the voices most impacted. Too often, though, the media puts the spotlight elsewhere. Church and Society joined with our partners in the Interfaith Immigration Coalition to lift up the voices of DACA recipients.
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faith in action
Raising Your Voice: Tips For Meeting with Congress
Last week, I meet with staffers from both of my senators’ offices to discuss immigration issues from a United Methodist faith perspective. My senators from Kansas, Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, have a lot in common. They are both older white men, Kansas Republicans, and United Methodists. Despite their similarities on paper, my experiences could not have been more different.
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Tell Congress to Protect Vulnerable Youth and Religious Workers
Let them know that it is time to pass the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act. This legislation is much needed, and your voice will allow the work to move forward.
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faith in action
My Neighbor Hector
Theology Intern Ed White shares Hector's story, one that inspires him to seek justice for immigrants.
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faith in action
#ThrowBackThursday: 'President Obama: You have blood on your hands. #StopTheRaids'
United Methodists and Church and Society staff protested outside the White House Feb. 22, 2016, to protest the Obama administration's use of immigration raids.
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faith in action
Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Stay Together
Whether it is separation through forced zero tolerance immigration policies, incarcerated mothers who give birth in the prison system, or relinquishment through adoption or to relatives, there will be deep psychological scars and trauma mothers and their children will have to endure.
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La Inmigración en los EEUU Faith and Facts Card
A two-sided card offering concise information about immigration to the United States (en epsañol).
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faith in action
The Importance of listening
Many people were shocked and angered by the U.S. government's decision to tear immigrant children from their parents. Less covered, and also terrible, is the administration's revocation of a longstanding policy that allowed survivors of domestic and gang violence to seek asylum in the U.S.
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Civil and Human Rights Partnerships
Coalitions and partners on issues of immigration, criminal justice reform, religious freedom, and other civil and human rights issues.
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